Life After
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2018
United States
13 mins
Short Film Competition
| Ria Tobaccowala | |
| Maria Altamirano, | |
| Vidula Mungekar (Nisha Sharma), Purva Bedi (Sonia Chatterjee) |
Life After is a story about mothers and daughters, immigrants and their children, and love and forgiveness. This short film follows Nisha, a single mother and Indian immigrant, who travels to New York City to clear out her recently deceased daughter’s apartment. Out of her element in her daughter’s environment, Nisha discovers surprising new details about Zara. In the midst of her grief, Nisha must decide whether to embrace or ignore the truth about her daughter’s short life.
About the Director
Ria Tobaccowala is an award winning Indian-American filmmaker from Chicago. Ria is a thesis film student at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Her newest short film, Freedom Shadow is in post-production. She is also developing an original TV show about women in tech.
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Awards
2018 Chicago South Asian Film Festival – Best Short Fiction Film
2018 March on Washington Film Festival – Student and Emerging Filmmaker Finalist
Trailer
https://vimeo.com/308439849/
